More than forty new faculty members started at Brown this fall. Among them are:

Michael Cohea

Fiery Cushman.

•Jonathan Conant, an expert on North African medieval history.

•Amanda Lynch, a professor of geological sciences who studies hclimate change in the Arctic.

•Eric Renault, a world-renowned economic theorist who studies what's known as "decision theory," which answers questions such as how does a human being optimize his welfare in the face of uncertainty.

• Fiery Cushman, a psychologist who uses brain imaging and other techniques to study how humans make moral decisions.

• This year will also mark the first time in three decades that a Brown graduate has been hired as a faculty member in the economics department. Stelios Michalopoulos '05 AM, '08 PhD studies economic growth and the development of cultures and societies.

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